LEE Clark has insisted that the Blues takeover talk has no affect on him or his players.

Gianni Paladini’s consortium is among at least three groups interested in taking Blues out of Carson Yeung’s hands.

But his offer, reputedly worth a potential £25 million, has been rejected, while others are waiting in the wings to see if Yeung’s and parent company Birmingham International Holdings Limited’s financial situation worsens significantly so that he has no option but to do a deal on more favourable terms.

Blues’ Hong Kong chief is looking for at least £40 million.

Clark said he had been reading about the latest developments but they were not distracting him or the squad.

“It doesn’t affect us, it doesn’t come down to our part of the training facility,” said the manager, whose team are at Nottingham Forest today.

“To be perfectly honest with you, you [media] guys know more than me because I’ve been listening to and reading what’s going on.

“We just concentrate on football, that’s all that matters. Getting results.

“Whatever else goes around, there’s good people in charge of the football club, they will deal with that.”

Clark added: “I’m dealing with and speaking to Peter Pannu and the boss on a daily basis and the people at the football club – Julia Shelton [head of football administration] and her team – so it honestly doesn’t affect me one little bit.

“How can I affect what’s happening there, so why would I need to get involved in that?

“All I do is get on with what I love doing, which is being on the training pitch with the players and going from there.”

As for Paladini’s comments that, if he did gain control of Blues, he would look to bring in someone like Ron Atkinson to help as sporting director, Clark shrugged: “It’s hypothetical.”

Clark has Nikola Zigic and Curtis Davies available for the City Ground trip after injury but Darren Ambrose is doubtful with a calf problem.

Loan signing Leroy Lita is primed to make his debut, probably off the substitute’s bench, and Steven Caldwell will continue to captain Blues in Stephen Carr’s absence.

Clark admitted he would consider Keith Fahey’s claims for inclusion.

Fahey has trained all week with the main group after recovering from a groin problem that flared up again just before Euro 2012.

“Whether it’s too early or not for Keith we will have to decide,” said Clark.

“But it’s a massive boost. It’s like me being able to dip into the transfer market and spend a few million quid on a top player.

“This is the first opportunity I’ve had to work with Keith.

“I have seen him from afar and admired him and, watching the footage from last season, it was a very impressive season for him.

“It is a temptation because he’s been outstanding in training, but you’ve got to temper that with how long he’s been out as well.

“We’ll have a good conversation about that with the medical team but more importantly with Keith.

“We’ve also got the possibility of playing him in an under-21 game on Monday for a spell, maybe a half.

‘‘We’ll monitor it but, from what I’ve seen this week, I’m very excited by Keith.”